Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 1780: Sanshili Lianying Stationed in Zhonghang, Changping Sends Envoys to Zhenbei, Xu Huang Returns to Shanyang Road
Da Cang!

Zhongxing Mountains!

Lie Feiyang failed to capture the city after a long time, and as time went on, internal problems began to emerge.

As a last resort, he followed the advice of military advisor Tie Zhongyang and temporarily gave up attacking the Zhonghang Mountains.

Among the four towns, Zhendong and Zhenbei are typical cavalry towns with a large number of cavalry units under their command.

The 300,000-man Zhendong Army had a ratio of infantry to cavalry of almost 2 to 1. The 300,000-man Zhendong Army had a full 100,000 cavalry.

This is why, after Wang Yu took over the Zhendong Army, the troops he recruited afterwards were mainly infantry, with cavalry accounting for only a small proportion.

A big part of the reason is that after the establishment of the Zhendong Army, there was no need to expand the cavalry on a large scale for a considerable period of time. It was only necessary to maintain a certain proportion of small-scale expansion.

You know, the cost of maintaining a cavalryman and an infantryman, as well as the manpower and material resources required in the process, are not the same thing.

The ratio of infantry to cavalry of the Zhenbei Army was even more exaggerated, reaching an exaggerated level of one to one.

It is conceivable that the cost of maintaining the 300,000-strong Zhenbei Army is staggering!
Is that why?
In Guan Zhong's "Ping Cang Ce", the strategy he adopted for such a large military group was just a simple one: Block the Central Line in the North.

Because, just this is enough.

After losing the support of the imperial court, Wang Chang could not support the Zhendong Army with only the land of Yanbei. The same logic could also be applied to Zhenbei.

The ratio of infantry to cavalry in the Zhenbei Army was exaggerated, but it can be said that this was both the cause of its success and its failure.

The Zhenbei Army, which had always been extremely powerful in field battles, suffered setbacks at every step after Xue Rengui and Yue Fei's troops entered the Zhonghang Mountains one after another.

In the Zhonghang Mountains, a small-scale cavalry of a few hundred people is fine, but if so many cavalry are sent up there, will they have room to display their abilities?

Therefore, although the Battle of Zhonghang lasted for such a long time, the troops that the Zhenbei Army could actually mobilize were only a limited proportion of the total troops of the Zhenbei Army.

Before the arrival of Xue Rengui and Yue Fei, even though the ratio was limited, they still had an absolute advantage, forcing Zhang Liao and his men to fight for their lives.

However, with Xue Rengui and Yue Fei having a combined army of 70,000 to 80,000, and considering the geographical advantages, the Zhenbei Army could not defeat them no matter how hard they tried.

Lieshan, Xiao Chen, and Gongsun Shu, these three have all risked their lives, but it is of no use even if they risk their lives.

Even though Chu Qingtian was still recovering from his injuries at this time, having Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun was enough. After all, there was no need for these two to fight with those three people at all. They could just take advantage of the terrain and defend honestly.

Especially Xue Rengui, who stood halfway up the mountain, shot Lie Feiyu to death with one arrow, killed Xiao Wei with one arrow, and shot off Lie Shan's shoulder armor with another arrow. Moreover, he used a rare sneak attack.

After all, with his archery skills at this level, even if he used fair means, he would still be a huge threat to the enemy, so there was no need to resort to sneak attacks.

On the battlefield, people like Hua Rong, Pang Wanchun, and Xie Yingdeng who only rely on sneak attacks to kill their generals, to put it bluntly, are not strong enough and lack sufficient confidence in their own abilities!
Mulancha, Houyi, Gong Qianzhu, Apollo, Phoebus, Xue Rengui..., rarely do such things. And this is also their confidence in their martial arts, and the purest expression of their martial arts heart.

This time, Xue Rengui, who had been stimulated recently, rarely used a sneak attack, which was quite rare and could be considered a skill.

Lie Feiyu, just by hearing his name, you can tell that he has a close relationship with Lie Feiyang.

However, although he is Lie Feiyang's younger brother, he is not his biological brother. Lie Qiankun has only one son, Lie Feiyang. However, Lie Qiankun has many brothers of his generation, and the sons of his brothers are naturally Lie Feiyang's younger brothers.

Lie Feiyu can be regarded as an outstanding son of the Lie family of this generation. He is both civil and military. Although he has not reached the top level in either aspect, he is also a talented person.

Xiao Wei is Xiao Chen's younger brother.

Although he was not as brave and skilled in fighting as his brother Xiao Chen, his skill with hidden weapons, like his brother, was also quite accomplished.

What's more, unlike his brother, he not only likes to play with hidden weapons, but also likes to use poison on them.

This person, even in the Zhenbei Army, is a very unpopular character. If it weren't for his brother, I'm afraid few people would look at him in a good light. But even with his brother around, others basically keep their distance.

A person who is good at both hidden weapons and poisons, even if he only has one of these qualities, is considered unpopular. But he, like Yu Yuan and Yu Hua of Daqian, has both of them.

It was also because he used poison as a hidden weapon and poisoned Xue Xiantu, one of the cooks, that Xue Rengui came up with the idea of ​​using his own method to give the other person a taste of his own medicine.

This is why those who use hidden weapons, hidden arrows, and poison are never welcomed in this camp. Hidden weapons and hidden arrows are more acceptable, but if poison is used, it is really annoying.

Although the use of poison has never been prohibited on the battlefield, it has always been regarded as the bottom line of the unspoken rules.

If you can use this method, the other party can also use it. If the other party uses it, it will not only affect your mentality, but the mentality of everyone.

In the past, people’s lives would only be in danger if they were injured in vital parts, but once you get over it, it’s likely that it will just be a tiny scratch that will cost you your life directly. Who the hell can stand that?

Even those divine generals’ ability to survive on the battlefield has been directly reduced!
If it were a general like Yang Zaixing who could only show his fighting power by risking his life, going to the battlefield would almost certainly mean death.

Fortunately, although Xiao Wei likes to use poison, the poison he uses is just ordinary poison. He is not like Ye Chugade or Yu Yuan, who have certain attainments in the art of poison.

Therefore, although Xue Xiantu was poisoned, his life was not lost. Xue Rengui temporarily suppressed the poison with elixir, and then invited the genius doctor Ge Xiu from Hedong Road to help him detoxify.

Xue Rengui still cherishes the Xue family very much. The family was once so big, but now, there are only a few people left from the main branch and the side branch.

If it weren't for this, Xue Rengui would not have thought of using his own vengeance on the enemy, hiding on the hillside and shooting arrows at the attacking Zhenbei Army.

Lie Shan was considered to be quite courageous, because the two arrows from Lie Feiyu and Xiao Wei had already made him aware of Xue Rengui's position, so he was able to react. In comparison, Zhao Yun and Yue Fei's archery skills were not as good as Xue Rengui's, but they were not bad either. However, these two did not have the interest to do so.

However, Zhao Yun was quite ruthless when dealing with his old boss from his previous life.

One shot took the life of Gongsun Zan's son Gongsun Xu. Three more shots killed Gongsun Zan as well, if Gongsun Mei had not arrived.

The Zhonghang Mountains could not be conquered for a long time, but we should not forget that at that time, the internal problems within the Zhenbei Army had not been resolved.

Before, it was because of the problem in the Zhonghang Mountains, which endangered not only the interests of Lie Feiyang alone, but the interests of all the Zhenbei Army, that everyone was able to join hands.

But, paper cannot suppress fire!

External conflicts can indeed divert internal conflicts to a certain extent. However, they can only divert internal conflicts, not resolve them.

When external conflicts cannot be resolved for a long time, internal conflicts will still erupt little by little.

Because internal conflicts began to surface, Lie Feiyang, who had been unable to defeat the enemy for a long time, had no choice but to retreat temporarily and prepare for another opportunity to make a comeback.

In fact, for Yu Liefeiyang, this is not the only headache for him.

Beidi actually sent people to Zhenbei!
Don't get me wrong, the Northern Di people are not here to fight. Tuoba Changping doesn't have the habit of doing good things for others for no reason, unless doing this good deed is also beneficial to them!
However, like Tianlang Pass, Zhenbei also has an army of 100,000 stationed at the border, which has hardly ever been mobilized.

Tuoba Changping intervened at this time because he had heard about what happened in Da Cang. He wanted to recruit the Zhenbei Army into a powerful military force, thinking that it is easier to resolve a feud than to create one.

Moreover, the conditions given by Tuoba Changping were not to be underestimated, even unexpectedly heavy. Not only did he promise that Lie Feiyang's status in the Tuoba tribe would be second only to him, Tuoba Changping, but he also allowed Lie Feiyang to maintain his military and political independence.

It can be said that, apart from having him recognize a boss in name only, Lie Feiyang had almost no other losses. Moreover, this boss would help him raise troops.

But, is there such a thing as a free lunch in the world?

This pie looks delicious, but it is actually poisonous.

If he really agreed, even if he was still independent in reality, he would no longer be accepted by Da Cang.

It sounds like Tuoba Changping has to pay money and food to support his troops. Such a large part of the logistics is in someone else's hands, and is not tolerated in Da Cang. Isn't this equivalent to handing over a part of his life?
In the future, if time goes on, I'm afraid the Zhenbei Army will really have to integrate into the Beidi!
Even though Lie Feiyang couldn't figure it out, after Tie Zhongyang's reminder, he finally woke up from his dream, broke out in a cold sweat, and decisively rejected the so-called Beidi envoy.

However, what worried Lie Feiyang was that Tuoba Changping sent envoys to contact more than just him.

It felt like there was a fire in the backyard, so how could he have the mood to fight here?
After the Zhenbei Army retreated, Xue Rengui's first thought was to simply build a strong pass directly on the main road of Zhonghang Mountain. In this way, with countless open and hidden bunkers in front and behind the strong pass, only 20,000 to 30,000 troops were needed to ensure the safety of the Zhonghang Mountain range.

After all, with all this going on, under normal circumstances, even if the Zhenbei Army attacked with all their might once again, even if the reinforcements from behind came slowly, the twenty or thirty thousand defending horses would be enough to hold out until the reinforcements arrived.

However, Xue Rengui's idea was directly rejected by Gao Jiong.

Are you kidding me? This is a huge project!

How much manpower and material resources would be needed for this project? Even if he became the emperor, he couldn't make so much money for Xue Rengui!

Like Shanyang Road and Yannan Road, they are both relatively poor roads in Da Cang. They are completely different from the neighboring Hedong Road.

Shanyang Road had just been taken over, and there were so many places where money was needed. The Shanyang Road finances were simply unable to cooperate with Xue Rengui to carry out such a project.

In desperation, Xue Rengui and Yue Fei had to give up this plan and gave up the pass. However, they re-set up the camp at an important node on the Zhongxing Mountain Road, relying on the geographical advantage.

Then, a wall made of bluestone was built on top of the camp.

It is impossible to repair an entire checkpoint, but if he builds a wall, Gao Jiong can't still be so inhumane!

In fact, if you just build a wall, it can barely be called a checkpoint!
However, this is just the simplest level!

A truly majestic pass not only has tall and towering checkpoints, but also has walls inside for stationing troops, storing various supplies and water, and even for temporary residence for traveling merchants.

Xue Rengui and Yue Fei used a wall as the center, with nearly a hundred camps and bunkers of various sizes, and a mountain road stretching for thirty miles. They used the resources at hand to maximize the defense of the Zhonghang Mountains.

Afterwards, General Zhang Liao, who was brave and resolute, was in charge, and General Wang Zhen'e was his assistant. They led five generals, Zhao Yun, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Jing Yanguang, and Wang Fuchen, as their minions. On the one hand, they supervised the construction of the 30-li Zhonghang defense line, and on the other hand, they led 25,000 troops to strictly guard the Zhonghang line.

From then on, the battle of Zhonghang Mountain officially came to an end.

Xue Rengui officially took up the post of governor of Shanyang Road. The position of commander of the Black Cavalry was temporarily taken over by Yue Fei, who led the Shanyang Black Cavalry back to Yanbei.

Right now, this unit of Black Cavalry has suffered heavy losses in the early stage when they were stationed with Zhang Liao in the Zhonghang Mountains. They need to recuperate and they need to be helped to restore their combat effectiveness and organization as soon as possible.

However, although Yue Fei temporarily took over Xue Rengui's position as the leader of the Black Cavalry, he was only the leader of the Black Cavalry, not the grand commander of the Black Cavalry.

There is no need to doubt Yue Fei's ability, but he does not have enough prestige to suppress the remaining two people like Xue Rengui did before and be able to lead the three Black Cavalry.

At the same time, something not too small happened between Shanyang Dao and Zhenbei Army.

Lie Feiyang sent an envoy to Shanyang Road to Gao Jiong and Xue Rengui, proposing a request to exchange prisoners.

The bargaining chip in Lie Feiyang's hand was naturally the great General Xu Huang, as well as the dozens of black cavalrymen who were captured along with Xu Huang in that battle.